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Several Injured After Car Plows Through Waukesha Christmas Parade
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Deliveryman Distracts, Shoots Two Armed Robbers
[Breitbart] A deliveryman in Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood shot two alleged armed robbers Saturday after distracting them by telling them the money was in his car.

WPVI reports that the deliveryman had dropped off something at his own home at approximately 12:15 a.m. Saturday when alleged "armed teens" confronted him and demanded his money.

The deliveryman told them he kept the money in the car, and the teens turned their attention to the vehicle. As they did, the deliveryman pulled his own gun and opened fire, shooting two of them.

A third teen fled the scene.

NBC 10 notes that the two wounded teens were taken to the hospital and listed as critical.

The deliveryman is a concealed carry permit holder.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 00:57 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
I guess 2 out of 3 (66%) is a win.☺

I am still wondering how long before for someone to starts a RELOAD-ME.COM Ammo site.

A site like Go-Fund-Me that instead provides a Gift Certificate for a box of ammo to resupply the heroes, that "Legally" using their firearm in Self-Defense or the protection of others?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/21/2021 8:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Mass shooting of children. (Likely children of low reflectivity.) Delivery man to be fired, and probably prosecuted (certainly, unless also of low reflectivity.)
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/21/2021 14:42 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Dramatic moment cops arrest fleeing thieves who ransacked San Francisco Louis Vuitton store after smash-and-grab robbery
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • On Friday, San Francisco police responded to the Union Square Louis Vuitton store where they 'observed several suspects involved in criminal acts'

  • Onlookers captured video of masked thieves running through the streets with their hands full of clothing items and bags

  • A group of officers were seen chasing one thief to their parked car and bashing in the windows with batons, dragging and restraining them on the sidewalk

  • Other footage shows the decimated storefront with shattered glass all over the sidewalk and totally empty shelves

  • The incident happened one day after footage of another Louis Vuitton store in Chicago being robbed was released
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 10:34 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Stuff must have been worth over $950.00 for the police to go after them.

Louis Vuitton Store, so probably was.

Not that it was REALLY worth that much, but the retail pricing says it is.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/21/2021 12:58 Comments || Top||

#2  I keep saying -- One Ma-Deuce and it's all over.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 11/21/2021 14:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Huh, purse snatchers.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 23:35 Comments || Top||


US will now establish woke task force to RENAME any federal lands deemed to have racist names like Squaw Peak in Utah and Chinaman's Gulch in Colorado
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The plan was announced by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday

  • It will create a task force that will consult the public and local governments

  • There are 600 federal land units with the name 'squaw,' used for a Native female

  • Other terms in federal land names include 'negro,' 'wetback' and 'redskin'
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 10:30 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  I'm offended! The mountain range across from the Sierras in Owens Valley is called the White Mountains!
Posted by: Frank G || 11/21/2021 11:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Frank, they should be the first to go!
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/21/2021 12:07 Comments || Top||

#3  THis all started when they renamed Mt McKinley as Denali.
I think we should call them all "Rocks and Dirt"; the maps will be confusing, but the commitees will be appeased.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/21/2021 13:23 Comments || Top||

#4 

Does that include the 800+ Martin Luther King Jr. renamed streets?

Not that MLK was racist. Just the "racist" reason it was used by the Democrats to rake in Black votes.

BTW: The North and Western states need to catch up.
Because over 70% of those streets are in 8 Southern US States.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/21/2021 13:41 Comments || Top||

#5  now zad naw zad nipple zipper
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 11/21/2021 14:25 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ A mind is a terrible thing to baste waste
Posted by: Frank G || 11/21/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#7  I purpose the following names as replacements

LGB -Lets Go Brandon (National Forest - All States in the Union)

Kamala Toe (Any Federal Interstate Highway- All States in the Union)

Sniff Sniff (Any Federal Daycare in the USA)

Plop Plop JRB,jr. (Any Federal Highway Rest Area)

Sea Nile (Any Federal Park on the Ocean)

--- Your thoughts welcomed
Posted by: Jack Borgia2809 || 11/21/2021 19:05 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ You don't know my thoughts. [big yellow full moon smiley]
Posted by: Hupusoling Dingle2963 || 11/21/2021 19:20 Comments || Top||

#9 


Ya wanna bet ?
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Floque8761 || 11/21/2021 19:43 Comments || Top||


California Nordstrom ransacked by 80 looters in ski masks with crowbars and weapons: Witness
[FoxNews] About 80 looters in ski masks ransacked a Nordstrom location outside of San Francisco, in a scene described by witnesses as "insane" and like something "out of a movie."

"We probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks crowbars a bunch of weapons. They were looting the Nordstrom's right here. And I thought they were going to start beating cars. I had to start locking doors lock the front door lock the back door," local PF Chang's manager Brett Barrette told KGO.

"There was a mob of people," Barrette added to CBS SF. "The police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane."

The incident unfolded before 9 p.m. on Saturday evening in Walnut Creek, which is about 25 miles outside San Francisco. A local reporter tweeted footage of the scene and said about 25 cars pulled up outside of the Nordstrom before running in, grabbing merchandise and fleeing.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 10:06 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule


#2  upper-middle class inner suburb of San Francisco
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/21/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Smaller mob hit San Francisco's flagship Louis Vuitton store in Union Square last night.

SF's Soros-elected commie DA will not prosecute shoplifters. Green lights all around.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 10:34 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ If he went after actual criminals, it would cut into time he needs to spend criminalizing behavior that bugs the elites.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/21/2021 10:50 Comments || Top||

#5  UPDATE: Police Warn of More Mass Robbery Attempts After Looters Ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 11/21/2021 21:51 Comments || Top||

#6  UPDATE: Police Warn of More Mass Robbery Attempts After Looters Ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 11/21/2021 21:51 Comments || Top||

#7  More festivities from another Democrat shithole.

Violent Night In Oakland: Homicide, Gunfire At Sideshow, Pot Dispensary Shootout

FYI a "sideshow" is like a moronic version of a witches' ball.
Hundreds of retarded feral yout gather to watch, film and accompany with gunsex the thrilling spectacle of berserk idiots driving in tight circles about 10m in diameter at 40-50 miles an hour.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 23:02 Comments || Top||


How California Teachers Recruit Kids Into LGBTQ Clubs
[Epoch Times] A leaked audio recording revealed California teachers mocking parents over concerns about homosexual and transgender indoctrination at school, said a source who attended a recent teachers union conference in Palm Springs.

The recording, obtained by The Epoch Times, captured two seventh-grade teachers, Kelly Baraki and Lori Caldeira from Buena Vista Middle School in Salinas, Calif., telling other teachers how to recruit students into LGBTQ clubs, also known as "Gay-Straight Alliance" (GSA) clubs, at school.

"It was horrifying to listen to not just one teacher but really all of the teachers in all of these seminars, excoriating parents," said the source, who goes by the pseudonym Rebecca Murphy.

Murphy attended the California Teachers Association (CTA) conference in late October. She told The Epoch Times the teachers "mocked" parents for their concerns, and suggested they know better than parents about what's best for their children.
Coast to coast, the same opinion of parents.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You thought 💭 it was a joke, evidence mounts, it is not.

Posted by: Chase Glaitle3713 || 11/21/2021 16:13 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
FBI Still Searching for Jimmy Hoffa
[NY Post] The FBI is investigating the possibility that union boss Jimmy Hoffa’s body is buried in a former landfill in Jersey City under the Pulaski Skyway, a report said.

The search was sparked after a tip passed down from a worker who said he buried Hoffa in a steel drum just outside the former PJP Landfill, now Skyway Park, the New York Times said.

An FBI spokesperson confirmed to The Post that agents had conducted a "site survey" under the Skyway last month after obtaining a search warrant, but wouldn’t say if the search had anything to do with Hoffa, the mob-connected Teamsters leader whose July 30, 1975, disappearance has become the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The only thing the FBI is good at these days is chasing their tails.
Posted by: Dale || 11/21/2021 6:49 Comments || Top||

#2  So, he was snatched and killed near Detroit, and they hauled the body to New Jersey for disposal.
(Like there's no place in Ohio or Pennsylvania to get rid of a body...)
The finest minds in law enforcement.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/21/2021 10:24 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ They're Teamsters, remember? Maybe they were racking up overtime
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 10:35 Comments || Top||

#4  There was a dive bar I used to go to in SW PeeAye when I was young. There was the following graffito scratched in the paint of the paper towel dispenser:

"Jimmy Hoffa, call your office."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/21/2021 10:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Wait, isn't there a lot of water and even a foreign country with an open border real close to Detroit?
And they would have driven to NJ because the Don wanted to keep him close?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 11/21/2021 11:45 Comments || Top||

#6  he is in geraldos mush stash!
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 11/21/2021 14:26 Comments || Top||

#7  I wonder why the FBI still feel he wasn't cremated or cement blocked to the bottom of some river or bay?
Posted by: Fleck Whusing1259 || 11/21/2021 20:10 Comments || Top||

#8  So, he was snatched and killed near Detroit,

No one checked the pig farms near by ?

Pigs eat anything, Hoffa became pig shit years ago.

End of Story

Posted by: Black Bart Gleanter8156 || 11/21/2021 20:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Who, besides Geraldo Rivera (maybe), cares anything about Jimmy Hoffa? Tech has taught us that 46 years is an almost infinite time. "Literally."
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/21/2021 22:12 Comments || Top||


Good luck with that! FBI demands motorists return money they grabbed in frenzy after armored truck spewed cash over San Diego freeway when doors flew open: Two arrested
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The FBI and the California State Highway are investigating an incident where an armored truck spewed money all over Interstate 5 near San Diego on Monday

  • Several people were filmed taking the cash off the road

  • One of was identified as Demi Bagby, a fitness guru with 2.5 million followers, who posted a video on her Instagram

  • Police are calling for people to return the money or face 'potential criminal charges'

  • It is unknown if Bagby and her friends are still in possession of the money
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They have 48 hours or....
Posted by: crazyhorse || 11/21/2021 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  One of was identified as Demi Bagby, a fitness guru with 2.5 million followers, who posted a video on her Instagram

That woman is dumber than a box of farking rocks.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 11/21/2021 3:30 Comments || Top||

#3 

If the $$$ was new and un-circulated.
That means the serial #'s are sequential and can be traced when spent.

IF NOT, Woke-Friday is just days away.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/21/2021 5:54 Comments || Top||

#4  How stupid people. You are suppose to head directly to your Congressional representative's office and drop off a 'cut' of the proceeds. (I'm conflicted on rather I need to put a /sarc on that)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/21/2021 6:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Sounds like the latest part of the supply chain problem.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/21/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Where's Helicopter Ben Bernanke when you need him?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 10:32 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian defense chief denies Russian military action imminent
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] There will be no major "invasion" of the territory of Ukraine from the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov in an interview with the Voice of America.

"I don’t believe that," Reznikov said. "Because, let's not forget, we have learned to defend ourselves in eight years of this war. Our armed forces (AFU) are at a high level, especially the Ground Forces."

Recall that the Ukrainian authorities, trying to absolve themselves of responsibility for the outbreak of the civil war in Donbass, have been calling Russia an “aggressor country” since 2014. Note that Russia is not really a party to this conflict.
My personal working theory as to why the Russians are transporting trainloads of older equipment is that they are having problems with metal corrosion and rust while in storage.

Plus with Ukraine shrilly pointing out the sneaky f*ckin' Russian© plan for an invasion, what better way to irritate them and the West than by placing those vehicles in nonactive concentrated vehicle parks in bordering oblasts.

Just my two kopeks...



Posted by: badanov || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
Top US admiral warns about China threat at Halifax forum
[ABC] HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Saturday the United States and its allies need to operate with a greater sense of urgency amid rising tensions and China’s increasingly assertive military actions.

Adm. John C. Aquilino reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific region during meetings with allies at the Halifax International Security Forum.

"Look at what the Chinese have said. President Xi (Jinping) has tasked his forces to be at a level of military parity with the United States by 2027. Those are his words," Aquilino said in a meeting with journalists.

Aquilino said the U.S. and its allies need to work together more frequently in international waters to build interoperability so they can operate together quickly if needed.

"We need to deliver capabilities sooner and faster," he said

Tensions have heightened as the Chinese military has dispatched an increasing number of fighter jets near the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of its territory. China has threatened to use force to unite with it if necessary.

This week Chinese coast guard ships also blocked and sprayed water at two Philippine boats carrying supplies to a disputed South China Sea shoal in a flare-up of long-simmering territorial disputes in the strategic waterway
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 09:51 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Navy sailors forced to take out loans after being shorted on pay
[FOX] Some U.S. Navy sailors have been forced to take out loans over months-long delays in pay to some service members who earned increases in their housing allowances this year due to recent marriages or moving somewhere with a higher cost of living.

"This is happening a little bit of everywhere," Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Vice President Gillian Gonzalez said in an interview with Military.com. "It doesn't seem to hit one geographic area more than another."

Gonzalez recounted that her group has seen an uptick in loan applications from sailors who are struggling to keep up with living expenses but did not have an exact figure on the increase.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 09:08 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In 1970 a slick sleeve privates made $91. per month (lived on post, ate at mess hall - no BAS-BAQ payment). A private today makes about $1800. per month in base pay alone. Granted, that was a long time ago, but some perspective is required.

Every DoD Finance Office I had contact with literally bent over backwards to make sure Pay shortages were investigated and recovered by the Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine.

Pay-Day loans are legendary.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 9:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Navy doesn't have an Army Emergency Relief?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/21/2021 10:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Before I got married in 1966, I was GROSSING $98.40 a month as an E-2. After I got married, with BAS and Quarters, I grossed $185 a month. When I retired in 1991, I was drawing about $3800/month as an E-7. Most of the time my pay arrived in my bank as the right amount at the right time. Always kept a couple of thousand in the bank for when it didn't.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 11/21/2021 14:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Equal Pay for Equal Grade - The Policy Implementers are Breaking the Law ⚖, PERIOD o The Zeros!
Posted by: Grease Sinatra6631 || 11/21/2021 15:50 Comments || Top||

#5  When did each member have "Court Martial"?
Each should demand Court Martial because of the reduction of pay, after all U.S. Military id Volunteer...F-ck your "superiors: use the laws"
Posted by: Grease Sinatra6631 || 11/21/2021 15:56 Comments || Top||

#6  The U.S Civil War of 2021 was started by the Democrats - so far it has been largely civil -
their policies have been and are designed to "incite civil unrest" and possibly open violence against lawfully elect members of government and the public;
their response would be to institute "Martial Law", thus END the Republic of the United States of America forever.
Given the Democrat Party is estimated to be ~30%~
Socialist Marxist Communists, you see the dilemma.
Posted by: Grease Sinatra6631 || 11/21/2021 16:05 Comments || Top||


Workers Returning Back to the Office Across US
[Epoch Times] Foot traffic in American workplaces reached the highest levels since the pandemic and related lockdowns began, with back-to-office trends strongest in metros like New York, Boston, and Austin.
Austin will be thrilled to be placed in such heady company.
Tech companies along with media and telecom outperformed other industries in office desk bookings last month. However, real estate companies saw 15 percent fewer employees return back to work, and a staggering 50 percent of health care workers chose not to return. Vaccine mandates could be a reason for this absence.
Not to come back to work, or to continue to work from home?
The survey also revealed an interesting detail as people return from the pandemic‐Monday has now surpassed Friday as the least popular day to work in the office.
Well, that's certainly significant!
According to data collected by Kastle Systems from 2,600 buildings and 41,000 businesses across 47 states and 10 major cities, the weekly average occupancy rate currently stands at 39 percent and climbing.

As of Nov. 10, Austin led the roost with 55.3 percent occupancy, with Houston and Dallas following at 52.3 and 49.8 percentages respectively. Outside of Texas, Philadelphia was at 37.3 percent, followed by Los Angeles and New York hovering around the 35 percent mark.
Texas leads the way! I wonder about Florida?
Posted by: Bobby || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Work from home has saved corporate America $$$ 100's of Millions. eg. With NYC average office space currently running at $56.46 per square foot. WFH is lowering the employee operational costs and saving Corporate HQ.

So, pretty soon HOPEFULLY restaurants won't be able to use their BS claim of staffing shortages to run a 5,000 sq/ft / 100 seat restaurant location as a drive-thru?

Because I refuse to waste good $$$$ to eat cold food at home 20+ mins later.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/21/2021 5:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Austin led the roost with 55.3 percent occupancy

Do they pay people not to work in Texas?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/21/2021 6:30 Comments || Top||

#3  yes occupancy is increasing but still lags 2019

also, capacity has increased so it takes more office workers to fill it up, not just Austin but almost everywhere
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/21/2021 13:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Do they pay people not to work in Texas?

Not yet, but with the number of CA immigrants....
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/21/2021 14:48 Comments || Top||


Europe
We Are ‘Ready to Defend Our Country,' Says Ukrainian Official amid Russian Build-up
[National Review] Halifax, Canada — A top adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky declared that his country is ready to stare Russian president Vladimir Putin, amid a massive buildup of Russian troops and military equipment that the U.S. and its allies worry might foreshadow a further assault. Kyiv is already fighting a deadly conflict against Russian-backed forces occupying vast swaths of the eastern part of Ukraine.

"Are we afraid of Russia’s aggression? No. We have paid a huge price for this. Fourteen thousand of our citizens have died in this war," said Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national-security and defense council, at the Halifax International Security Forum this evening. "Putin will not have an easy walk by our country. We are ready to defend our country."

The Ukrainian official, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, was addressing reporters on the sidelines of the annual meeting after planned appearances by the Ukrainian foreign and defense ministers at the forum were scrapped as Kyiv anticipates a potential Russian attack.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 10:30 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Russia has lost about 500 military and about 1500 paramilitary (russian speaking Ukrainians).

The Ukraine has lost about 4000 military.

Danilov's number is probably only counting civilians, but including civilians who were russian speaking and maybe sided with Russia
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/21/2021 15:55 Comments || Top||


Tens of thousands rally against virus rules in Austria, Italy, Croatia
[IsraelTimes] Demonstrations also held in Netherlands, Ireland, and Switzerland coronavirus restrictions.
...among others.
Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain skyrocketing coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
infections.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:


#2  "But, but, muh lockdown..." 18 consecutive months of job growth in Florida
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/21/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ time for American Stasi to send their battering ram brigades down to Jacksonville
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 9:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, the state capitol is Tallahassee, but DeSantis makes it a point to travel all over the state. Jacksonville is the 10th most populous city in the US and also the geographically largest. I didn't hear about any post-Rittenhouse riots there over the weekend.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/21/2021 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Oops Tallahassee then. You get the point.

Brandon, Ferret and their Stasi are no doubt gearing up now to smear, bash, or railroad DeS "by any means necessary," as they like to say
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/21/2021 9:41 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Flying Cars: What, How, When, and Why?
[Quillett] Futurists and science fiction writers were discussing the possibility of flying cars even before the appearance of cars and highways. As a concept, they have existed for nearly a century. Today, "flying cars" are an esoteric topic and an ambiguous term that refers to something more than simply a car that can fly. The idea has evolved and it is still evolving. For decades, the idea lacked interest and funding, but it has experienced a resurgence of attention over the last decade. Its comeback is the result of research into electric car technology and autonomous vehicles, and of interest from tech-billionaires who are willing to create start-ups to support their development.

Although flying car technology has been around for nearly a hundred years, these machines face an uncertain future. The current models are noisy, expensive, require heavy batteries, and present safety and security issues for passengers and anyone in their path. Assuming engineers can overcome the technical hurdles, are there compelling reasons to develop flying cars? And are their benefits greater than their potential risks?

Where is my flying car?

Talk of flying cars in the 1930s suffered from unfortunate timing, says J. Storrs Hall. In his new book, Where Is My Flying Car?, he argues that research stalled because the Great Depression, and then World War II diverted a good portion of the available engineering talent.

The earliest prototypes included the convertible and domed versions of the autogyro. For propulsion, they used autorotation, whereby a headwind turns a rotor and causes the vehicle to rise into the air. In 1949, the Aerocar was introduced—a hybrid airplane and automobile that could be driven on roads by folding up the wings and detaching the propeller. The Aerocar was granted civil certification in 1956, but there were not enough interested buyers to justify mass production. Consequently, only six Aerocars were built.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/21/2021 10:14 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Do we really need flying cars? Half the people on the roads can't drive for shit in a regular car.
Posted by: Chris || 11/21/2021 12:19 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ LOL. That is a scary thought.
Posted by: Matt || 11/21/2021 14:22 Comments || Top||

#3  you know a flying Prius will be holding up the landing pattern
Posted by: Frank G || 11/21/2021 14:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Flying Car 🚙





Gee, I wonder what this handle does?




Flying Car - Darwin Award Winner 🥇
Posted by: Voldemort White3692 || 11/21/2021 15:29 Comments || Top||


Vaccinated English adults under 60 are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age
[ALEXBERENSON] And have been for six months. This chart may seem unbelievable or impossible, but it's correct, based on weekly data from the British government.

The brown line represents weekly deaths from all causes of vaccinated people aged 10-59, per 100,000 people.

The blue line represents weekly deaths from all causes of unvaccinated people per 100,000 in the same age range.

I have checked the underlying dataset myself and this graph is correct. Vaccinated people under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people. And overall deaths in Britain are running well above normal.

I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.

The basic data is available here, download the Excel file and see table 4:
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/21/2021 10:05 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don't get this.

The death rates here, if I read it correctly, come to about 100 for the vaxxed and about 40 for the unvaxxed for each 100k in population.

The overall death rate in the UK (and most of the world) is about 500-1000 for every 100k in population.

I'm not sure how to age average this because I don't know the demo profile of the UK nor the death rate by age but these two pieces of info would be needed to try to figure this out.

Also, in persons under 60, there may be a tendency for less healthy people to be vaxxed sooner than healthy people and since the death rate is 'all causes', that might be a factor.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/21/2021 10:40 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Understanding is not necessary. Obedience is.

That's how the Powers That Be™ see it, anyway...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/21/2021 10:48 Comments || Top||

#3  in addition to what I had before, even within the under 60 group, the unvaxxed may have a different average age than the vaxxed.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/21/2021 11:17 Comments || Top||

#4  LG,
This is being reported in all countries with a high vax rate.
Using the 2017-2019 US death rate as a baseline, 2020 had a similar death rate. The 2021 US rate of death is already higher than the previous year. This, in many countries is being attributed to the vaccine injuries. Vaccine Injuries are reactions to the (usually second dose) jab within the first two weeks. The second dosers are considered unvaxed until two weeks after the second dose, thereby referred to as an unvaxed death.
As people start their third dose there will be more vaccine reactions and death. More lock downs and masking because of the booster.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/21/2021 11:28 Comments || Top||

#5  New study from Germany confirms higher vax coverage --> higher excess mortality

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/new-study-from-germany-confirms-higher

Another major red flag about Covid vaccines and death

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/another-major-red-flag-about-covid

Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/21/2021 11:43 Comments || Top||

#6  The virus dodges the vaccines, so the jabs and boosters and 'crisis' continue forever. Izzat da plan?
Posted by: Bobby || 11/21/2021 11:44 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ This has been known for a long time. As with cold virus infinite variations. Every ten hours new variants. 2 or3 300 pound defensive linemen designed to pounce on a specific virus. Then all others shall pass. So you add boosters and as I understand it 5% loss of natural immunity each week thereafter. Information can very somewhat the end results are the same.
Posted by: Dale || 11/21/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Take all 4 of the boosters...go ahead ... the government wants me to be healthy...



Higher States in Western Civilization are committing suicide by continuing to mandate jabs to their populations - Invasion by 2nd & 3rd national populations will begin after the militaries of 1st World are deemed decimated...2027
Posted by: Voldemort White3692 || 11/21/2021 15:19 Comments || Top||

#9  - Invasion by 2nd & 3rd national populations will begin after the militaries of 1st World are deemed decimated.

- Invasion by 2nd & 3rd national populations will begin have begun and will continue after as the militaries of 1st World are deemed decimated by the JABS.

There fixed it for you, NO Charge
Posted by: Chase Glaitle3713 || 11/21/2021 16:24 Comments || Top||

#10 
Posted by: Chase Glaitle3713 || 11/21/2021 16:26 Comments || Top||

#11  "Bagby, party of two." Or, "What the actuarial f-ck?"

"I guess we're immune now? Woohoo!"
"I know, right? So what should we do?"
"Since life is less perilous..."
"Let's f-ckin' get careless!"
"Oh, look, it's our homie, the flu!"
And fish kisses, selfies, and sharing ensue.
Posted by: Hupusoling Dingle2963 || 11/21/2021 17:56 Comments || Top||

#12 

Enough said - Death Awaits You.

Suggest you "get good" with your MAKER -
Not Religious - Try - It's an Insurance policy for an afterlife
Posted by: Elmavirt Omiper3562 || 11/21/2021 20:40 Comments || Top||

#13  Guess it's working.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/21/2021 23:38 Comments || Top||



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